template-startup SKILL.md skillA

template-startup from docxology/template is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add docxology/template/template-startup@v1.0.0

Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
docxology/template
Path
docs/prompts/startup/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
6
Latest version
v1.0.0, committed Oct 6, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 30, 2026
Size
7,314 bytes
Repository stars
23
License
Apache-2.0

Full installation and validation workflow for a fresh clone of the Research Project Template. Installs dependencies, runs pre-commit hooks, executes the core pipeline against template_code_project, validates outputs, and reports a structured PASS / FAIL for each checkpoint. USE WHEN the user says "start", "set up the repo", "install and validate", "does everything work", "first time setup", or any variant of bootstrapping a fresh or unknown checkout.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Startup skill — install, run, validate

## Natural invocations

- "start"
- "set up the repo"
- "install everything and verify it works"
- "run setup on template_code_project"
- "does this repo work out of the box?"
- (agent pointed at repo with no other context)

## Inputs to confirm

- **Repo root** — confirmed by presence of `run.sh`, `AGENTS.md`, `infrastructure/`, `projects/templates/template_code_project/`.
- **OS** — macOS or Linux (Windows: use Docker; see `docs/CLOUD_DEPLOY.md`).
- **Ollama** — optional; LLM stages auto-skip when absent.

---

## Workflow

### Step 0: Orient

Read [`START_HERE.md`](../../../START_HERE.md) (3 min, project overview + key principles). Confirm you are in the repo root.

```bash
ls run.sh AGENTS.md CLAUDE.md infrastructure/ projects/templates/template_code_project/
```

**Gate:** All paths exist → continue. Missing `run.sh` → not in repo root, abort and navigate there first.

---

### Step 1: Check prerequisites

```bash
pandoc --version   # need any 2.x or 3.x
xelatex --version  # need any version
uv --version       # need 0.4.x or later
```

**If `xelatex` missing (macOS):**
```bash
brew install --cask basictex
sudo tlmgr update --self
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add docxology/template/template-startup@sha256:087d8e8afc6355b9

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 6, 2026, about one every 20 days. Its first recorded version is graded B and its latest A.

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v1.0.0 latest2026-10-06 d465449 7,314 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-08-14 87e25ce 7,314 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-08-09 a4084f9 7,314 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-07-21 9354efd 7,237 BB view · diff
v1.0.02026-07-06 69b1a90 7,213 BB view · diff
v1.0.02026-06-30 64098d2 7,196 BB view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7314 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

docxology/template · 23 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_eag2mpkemkxplpyc
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=docxology/template/template-startup
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/087d8e8afc6355b98b626ca7dd0561594edcb581f43d27b3ed216cf0feacda09

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